drench
to wet thoroughly; soak.
to saturate by immersion in a liquid; steep.
to cover or fill completely; bathe: trees drenched with sunlight.
Veterinary Medicine. to administer a draft of medicine to (an animal), especially by force: to drench a horse.
Archaic. to cause to drink.
the act of drenching.
something that drenches: a drench of rain.
a preparation for drenching or steeping.
a solution, especially one of fermenting bran, for drenching hides or skins.
a large drink or draft.
a draft of medicine, especially one administered to an animal by force.
Horticulture. a mixture of pesticide and water applied to the soil surrounding a plant.
Origin of drench
1synonym study For drench
Other words from drench
- drencher, noun
- drench·ing·ly, adverb
- un·drenched, adjective
Words Nearby drench
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How to use drench in a sentence
Even by day the Maruts create darkness with the water-bearing cloud, when they drench the earth.
Sacred Books of the East | Variousdrench is the causative of drink: here the nominative of the verb is ‘Iris’ and the object ‘beds.’
Milton's Comus | John MiltonSometimes she was so weary that she sank down by the roadside and let130 the night-dew drench her aching limbs.
Stories of Old Greece and Rome | Emilie Kip BakerEpsom salt, in one ounce doses, given either as a gruel or a drench, will be found to answer the purpose well.
A Treatise on Sheep: | Ambrose BlacklockYou will drench yourself in the blood of the innocent, only that you may do it—while no effect shall follow.'
Aurelian | William Ware
British Dictionary definitions for drench
/ (drɛntʃ) /
to make completely wet; soak
to give liquid medicine to (an animal), esp by force
the act or an instance of drenching
a dose of liquid medicine given to an animal
Origin of drench
1Derived forms of drench
- drencher, noun
- drenching, noun, adjective
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